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ARC Impact Report JANUARY 2024

LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE. Dear Stakeholders, Partners, Supporters and Colleagues, It is with immense pride and gratitude that we reflect on the impactful journey of the Africa Resource Centre (ARC) and the transformative strides we have taken in advancing public health systems across Africa. ARC’s commitment to being Africa’s…

Supporting antiretroviral therapy accessibility in South Africa

The National Department of Health began transitioning antiretroviral therapy recipients to TLD-based regimens and exploring alternative delivery channel solutions to decongest healthcare facilities.The National Department of Health began transitioning antiretroviral therapy recipients to TLD-based regimens and exploring alternative delivery channel solutions to decongest healthcare facilities. Background In South Africa there…

Rethinking Supply Chain Interdependencies: a last mile distribution case study from Senegal

Providing reliable access to quality and affordable medicines and health products to communities continues to be a challenge for ministries of health in Francophone West Africa. In other instances, donor-funded public health interventions face sustainability challenges due to structural readiness. CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND Providing reliable access to quality and affordable…

Helping to implement Mozambique’s supply chain reforms

We are supporting CMAM in its work with provincial health authorities to help them understand the supply chain transformations. Background In 2013 the Mozambican Ministry of Health (MISAU) and its partners developed the Strategic Plan for Pharmaceutical Logistics (PELF). This was to address supply chain challenges. Consequently, a cohesive national…

Private Sector Contributions to Public Well-Being: The Uganda DCD Model

This DCD programme demonstrates how the private sector can work with government on a public service initiative that results in securing and improving the health and well-being of recipients of care. It is a demonstrable, measurable contribution that the private sector can make and shows another way it can have…

Expanding Alternative Drug Distribution Models in Uganda

ARC developed and proposed two differentiated channel delivery models: one for rural and the other for urban recipients of care in Uganda. Background In Uganda, the use of alternative drug distribution models has been identified as a key way to help the 1.3 million people living with HIV access their…

Lessons Learned Introducing ARC’s Outsourcing Toolkit in Ethiopia

ARC helped identify a gap in transport and fleet management presenting challenges for the EPSS and advised on solution opportunities presented by the outsourcing toolkit (OSTK. Background The second most populous country in Africa is Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Ministry of Health (MoH) runs about 400 hospitals, more than 3 500…

Sharing Best Supply Chain Practices in A South-South Exchange in West Africa

Ministries of health from Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and Guinea are holding a workshop to share knowledge and best practices in the field of supply chain management through data analytics. Sharing knowledge, learnings and expertise is essential to strengthening supply chains in Africa. As part of this, the ministries of health…

ARC And COMESA Sign Agreement to Strengthen Collaboration

ARC and COMESA signed a memorandum of understanding in Cape Town to strengthen public health supply chains by enhancing medicine access in the region. Cape Town, Friday, February 24, 2023: ARC – Africa’s public health supply chain institution – and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) signed…